High expectations and standards for all, no matter what: Creating a world class education service in England

Taking Education Really Seriously: Four Years' Hard Labour

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 17-43

  Barber, Michael ^a  

^a Department for Education and Employment   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85139280951     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203006320-3     Document Type: Chapter

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